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Summary: What a juicy read!
Review: This book had me hooked from page one to the last page ~~ it's witty, quick and brash and at the same time, it is bittersweet. It's a wonderful Southern lit book ~~ and it's one of my favorites. This is the first time I have ever heard of Mary Kay Andrews and I am hooked. Weezie Foley lands in the midst of a murder-scandal accidentally while looking for a bathroom at an estate sale ~~ and how she gets out of it is a hilarious tale in itself. Then revelations about family members, ex-husband, new boyfriend and friends spice up the entire book with their tales ~~ this book keeps you on its toes and never lets up till the last page is turned! If you like mystery with a good dash of romance ~~ this book is for you. Not only is it fun ~~ it is hilarious in some places ~~ these Southerners have a great sarcasm and it shows. Nothing seems to stop them except extreme humidity ~~ and an icy gin and tonic can cure that. So grab that bottle of suntan lotion and head for the lake or the nearest shade and enjoy! Don't forget your iced tea ~~ this book will leave you with a hankering for a drink! 4-25-03
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Summary: Wonderful . . .
Review: This book was a great drink of water for me. I was sucked in by the atmosphere of Savannah, the antebellum culture, the insider knowledge of the South that only a true Southerner knows, the way the characters have such color and texture you find yourself nodding your head in agreement at something they said or just laughing your head off. The names . . . ooohh, those rich Southern names . . . hysterical. The obsession with classifying things (family, furniture, etc.) "pre-war" or "post-war" (as in, pre-CIVIL-war). . . priceless. The shady characters whose greatest sins are making antique reproductions and selling them as authentic. Ooohhh. Trust me, you'll just drink this up in one gulp.
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Summary: Great Mystery book
Review: This book was very good, it was set in South Carolina. The main character, Weezie Foley is an antique dealer and she gets herself wrapped up in mystery of a murder when she is staking out a estate sale. Because she was in the house, peeking at the antiques, they think she did it. I liked that the author talks about the various antiques and the
sales that Weezie goes to during the book to find out who really killed Caroline Santos ( who happens to be the girlfriend of her ex husband). I recommend this book, but I would have like to have read a little better ending, and would have liked the author to
have a "better bang" of an ending.
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Summary: Fun read
Review: This is a fun read. I could barely put it down. Definately a geat addition to your summer reading list.
Weezie Foley & her sidekick BeBe have a fun & interesting adventure. I got this book and couldn't put it down. Antiques, Scandal, Murder, and Romance. What fun!
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Summary: Sometimes Love is Better the Second Time Around
Review: This is a story about divorce and revenge and really super antiques. Eloise "Weezie" Foley is an antiques picker who has to deal with a large estate sale, eccentric relatives, a hot ex-boyfriend, her ex-husband and his new girlfriend, who is living in a house that Weezie herself restored. As you can see there is a whole lot going on in this book that just goes to show you that love is sometimes better the second time around. I love this book and if you've got half a heart, you will too.
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Summary: A WONDERFUL, FUN READ!
Review: This story had everything -- first, it took place in the South, a great place to be. The heroine, Eloise "Weezie" Foley, is a hoot. Then there's her mother's alcoholism and her uncle, a resigned priest who is just coming out of the closet. There's Weezie's jerk ex-husband Ty and his man-eating fiancee. Quite a bit about antiques. We can't forget her new/old hunky boyfriend Daniel. Oh yes, and a dead body and a mystery. It doesn't get any better than this. I love the author's style. There are so many funny lines in this book, it kept me laughing. I wish the author would write a sequel. I would rush to the computer to buy another book about Weezie!
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Summary: Delightful characters
Review: Weezie and Caroline go head to head over a crumbling plantation house. Caroline has big plans to bulldoze the historic building and put up a paper mill. Weezie wants to save the house as a historic landmark--and get her hands on the fabulous, valuable antiques within. One cupboard in particular has caught her eye. If she can score it, she'll make enough profit to open her shop. But Weezie's overzealous interest in the house and an upcoming sale of the contents lands her squarely in the middle of a murder investigation--with the murder weapon in her possession. And in the middle of everything, she's trying to deal with a mother whose drinking problem has hit a crisis point, as well as a formerly-nerdy-boyfriend-turned-hunk who still has the hots for her. This book was so much fun to read. It's been a long time since I could cheer for a heroine as endearing as Weezie. The characters were sharply drawn and so true to live, even as they were exaggerated. Weezie's best friend, Bebe Loudermilk, is a delight, and her uncle, an ex-priest-turned-lawyer coming to terms with his homosexuality, is a wonderful character. Much of the book is told from his point of view, in third person, while the rest is first person from Weezie's viewpoint. It's an odd set-up, but it works. If there was any fault to find in this book, it was that the author went a little gentle with the heroine. Yes, Weezie got herself into terrible fixes, but there were times when she wiggled off the hook a bit too easily. (For example, though she was initially suspected of murder, no one really thought she did it and she was never charged.) Also, the solution to the mystery was less than satisfying. I can't say more than that without giving something away. Still, the book was so thoroughly readable, so engaging, that I didn't really care about the mystery all that much. I just wanted to keep spending time with those delightful characters.
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Summary: Lots of fun!
Review: Weezie Foley is a picker, she goes to estate sales and the like looking for items to sell to antique stores and the like. She lives in the carriage house next to the townhouse she lovingly restored when married to Tal, her exhusband. Tal's family was friendly with the judge, so he got the house and she got the garage, except for the parking space which went to Tal's new fiancee. Weezie tries to look on the bright side and continues her business in the hopes of someday opening an antique store. A big opportunity arises when the contents of a local mansion goes on sale. She sees a cupboard made by a famous carpenter, and sees a way to make her dream of opening her own shop come true. While snooping through the house, she finds the body of Tal's fiancee in a closet. Naturally, she is arrested for the murder. This is a wonderfully fun novel. The mystery is very good, but there's so much else going on. Weezie's family is trying to solve their own personal problems. Weezie rekindles a romance with a high school sweetheart, and last but not least Weezie tries to get the money together to buy the cupboard. The characters and the story line are great, I can't wait until she publishes her next novel.
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Summary: Completely entertaining brain candy
Review: What a fun book. Beginning with a brave (or is it brave-faced?) heroine who tarts up very effectively and wrapping up several subplots with snorting good justice all around, this book kept me turning its pages long after bedtime. I hope Mary Kay Andrews isn't all written out after this book, because she blew tons of great lines and a lot of knowledge about Southern antiques. She introduces some interesting ideas about artifacts in Southern furnishings and shares just enough information about how reproductions, like certain women, can be tarted up to look almost authentic. It's enough to make a girl want to clutch her pocketbook real protectively the next time an Empire table seems to call her name! Avoid this book, please, if you are easily offended, because you will find plenty of bait here. There's at least a couple of scarlet women, a "non-traditional" couple that is pretty much closeted, some less-than-totally-serious engagement with an older woman's alcoholism, and some send-ups of stereotypes that will send their marks whining for rebuttal. I don't care. And if you are looking for a thoroughly entertaining romp outside the ordinary lives of most of us, neither should you. You'll enjoy the characters, their stories (including the big mystery at the book's center), and the writer's delicious descriptions and one-liners.
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